[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 29.10 # 經律異相 29.10 經律異相 29.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.10) 月支國有王。名惡少王。此天下莫不靡伏。母教勅王曰。設有臨死之難慎莫左旋佛寺。當念右旋慎莫違吾此教。時惡少王。大出兵眾攻純血城。手自執劍殺三億人。後戰不如。乘象奔走顧視佛圖。憶母教誡便迴象右旋。敵國見之因各散伏。王見賊退尋從進。得其本城擒獲王身。便憶佛語。自歸佛者為尊為上無有及者。設我不右旋者豈能壞此賊乎（出出曜經第十六卷舊雜譬喻略同）。 > In the state of the Yuezhi there was a king named King Wicked Youth (Candapradyota?). In this world, there was none who did not submit to him. His mother instructed the king, saying, "If you should face the danger of death, take care never to circumambulate a Buddhist monastery to the left. You must be mindful to circumambulate to the right, and take care not to transgress this instruction of mine." At that time, King Wicked Youth mobilized a great army to attack the City of Pure Blood. Wielding a sword with his own hand, he killed three hundred million people. Later, the battle turned against him. Riding his elephant in flight, he looked back and saw a stūpa. Remembering his mother's instruction, he turned the elephant around and circumambulated it to the right. When the enemy state saw this, they thereupon dispersed and surrendered. Seeing the enemy retreat, the king immediately pursued them, captured their original city, and seized the king himself. He then remembered the Buddha's words: "Those who take refuge in the Buddha are supreme and unsurpassed, with none equal to them. If I had not circumambulated to the right, how could I have destroyed these bandits?" (from the Avadāna-sūtra, fascicle 16; the Old Samyuktāvadāna is roughly the same). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.9) - [Next: 29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.11) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.29.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.10) · Pramāṇa